Post by Keith on Aug 19, 2019 7:01:00 GMT -6

Authorities confirmed that seven children and two adults were injured after lightning struck down a tree at the Dolphin Swim Club in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, according to 6ABC.

Around 5 p.m. EDT, the tree fell onto a tent pavilion, authorities told the news station, injuring nine people, including children. Several of the victims were taken to St. Mary's Hospital in nearby Langhorne.

Three people were severely injured, and the other six people suffered minor injuries.

Post by Keith on Aug 19, 2019 7:01:54 GMT -6

China and Taiwan to Japan on alert for new tropical development this week

On the heels of four tropical cyclones that made landfall in eastern Asia so far this month, a new tropical threat may develop in the Western Pacific Ocean later this week.

While AccuWeather meteorologists are keeping a close eye on other areas across the basin, a large cluster of showers and thunderstorms over the Philippine Sea between Guam and the Philippines is the most likely to organize into a tropical cyclone.

"This feature will gradually strengthen and could become a depression or tropical storm over the Philippine Sea by the middle part of this week," according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Jason Nicholls.

Post by Keith on Aug 19, 2019 7:02:38 GMT -6

Downpours to aim at Delhi after monsoon kills hundreds and displaces over 1 million

Following news that monsoon rain has claimed more than 300 lives across India, Myanmar and Pakistan so far this month, the risk of flooding will expand to India's National Capital Region (NCR) to close the weekend.

India has bore the brunt of those deaths with more than 280 people killed across six states (Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra). Kerala has been hit the hardest, with 104 lives lost, according to the Times of India.

Over 1 million other residents have been displaced with thousands of homes flooded, according to Aljazeera.

Post by Keith on Aug 19, 2019 7:03:25 GMT -6

Torrential downpour in Turkey triggers deadly flooding

A torrential downpour inundated Istanbul, Turkey, and other northwestern cities of the country on Saturday, Aug. 17, resulting in the death of at least one person. The torrential downpour produced 110 mm (4.33 inches).

The rain started to fall around noon local time, tapering off around 6 p.m., according to AccuWeather Meteorologist Courtney Travis. The downpour came just a few days after a heat wave that brought temperatures about 4 degrees Celsius (6 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit) above normal. There had been previous flash flood warnings over the past few days, according to the Turkish news outlet Daily Sabah.

Lower and seafront areas of the city reported flash floods, according to the news source. It also reports that the pedestrian underpass in Eminönü Square was filled with flood waters, severely damaging the shops inside.

Post by Keith on Aug 20, 2019 7:01:07 GMT -6

Late-season fires flare up in drought-stricken parts of Alaska

ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - Late-season wildfires during one of the driest summers on record in Anchorage have destroyed homes, forced evacuations, closed roads and schools and poured sometimes-dangerous levels of smoke into the state’s most populous region.

About 80 miles north of Anchorage, the 3,000-acre McKinley Fire was burning on both sides of the Parks Highway. That blaze had destroyed more than 50 structures as of Sunday night and residents of the area, which lies between Wasilla and Talkeetna, were under evacuation orders, fire officials said.

Some schools in the fire area were closed, local officials said, and thousands of other residents were facing possible evacuation orders.

Post by Keith on Aug 20, 2019 7:03:20 GMT -6

China and Taiwan to Japan on alert for new tropical development this week

On the heels of four tropical cyclones that made landfall in eastern Asia so far this month, a new tropical threat may develop in the Western Pacific Ocean later this week.

While AccuWeather meteorologists are keeping a close eye on other areas across the basin, a large cluster of showers and thunderstorms over the Philippine Sea between Guam and the Philippines is the most likely to organize into a tropical cyclone.

"This feature will gradually strengthen and could become a depression or tropical storm over the Philippine Sea by the middle part of this week," according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Jason Nicholls.

Post by Keith on Aug 20, 2019 7:04:17 GMT -6

India monsoon: Downpours to become more localized this week as death toll climbs over 1,000 since May

Many parts of India will finally receive a reprieve from the unrelenting rainfall of recent weeks, though parts of northern and southwestern India will still be at risk for localized flooding this week.

The death toll across India since the start of the monsoon season has climbed above 1,000, according to the Times of India. Last year, the overall death toll was 1,211.

Maharashtra has been the hardest-hit state as 245 people have lost their lives. More than 100 deaths have been reported in the states of Kerala, West Bengal, Bihar and Gujarat based on data from the Union home ministry.

Post by Keith on Aug 21, 2019 6:53:12 GMT -6

Autumn will get off to a wet and blustery start across the UK, as forecasters are calling for an active few months for rain and windstorms.

Meteorologists are predicting the British Isles will be impacted by between one and three former tropical systems from the Atlantic, known as tropical rainstorms.

AccuWeather Meteorologist Tyler Roys said, “Any one windstorm could bring significant impacts to a small region, very much like how all it takes is one hurricane to bring significant impacts to the United States.“